Sheila Taormina\u2019s Swim Speed Series is America\u2019s favorite guide to faster swimming.<\/p>\n
In this new edition of the best-selling\u00a0Swim Speed Secrets, the 4-time Olympian, gold medalist, and triathlon world champion reveals the swim technique used by the world\u2019s fastest swimmers.Taormina\u2019s guidance is clear and easily understood so any swimmer or triathlete can learn and master the fastest way to swim.<\/p>\n
Over the course of four Olympic Games and throughout her career as a world champion triathlete, Taormina refined her winning technique through a close study of the sport, examining the world\u2019s best swimmers using underwater photographs, video analysis, and historical archives. From Johnny Weissmuller to Michael Phelps, Taormina found that the world\u2019s fastest swimmers share two common elements: high stroke rate and a high-elbow underwater pull.<\/p>\n
Though she stands just 5\u2019 2\u201d tall, Taormina honed her swimming technique to victory and shares her Swim Speed method in\u00a0Swim Speed Secrets. Many swimmers and triathletes neglect the underwater pull, distracted by low stroke count or perfecting less critical details like body position, streamlining, and roll.\u00a0Swim Speed Secrets,2nd Ed.\u00a0focuses on the most crucial element of swimming\u2015producing power\u2015to help swimmers and triathletes overhaul their swim stroke and find the speed that\u2019s been eluding them.<\/p>\n
With a commonsense approach that comes from decades of intense practice and hands-on coaching experience, Taormina shows swimmers how to transition to faster swimming.<\/p>\n
Featuring 4 completely new speed secrets, new drills, and an all-new chapter,\u00a0Swim Speed Secrets\u00a0offers Taormina\u2019s essential guidance and new discoveries that are vital for swimmers, triathletes, and coaches:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Crystal-clear photographs and descriptions of the underwater freestyle stroke.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 New elite swimmers: Step-by-step breakdowns of the strokes of the world\u2019s fastest swimmers including Peter Vanderkaay, Allison Schmitt, Jack Conger, Margaret Kelly, Townley Haas, and more.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 New levels of detail on the stroke path, stroke timing, hand speed change, and over-water recovery.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 NEW! Undeniable, real-world visual proof of the curvilinear, or S-curve, stroke path in elite swimmer strokes using Taormina\u2019s patent pending grid analysis tool.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 NEW! A simplified guide to stroke rate and \u201cgears\u201d to guide every swimming workout.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 New drills to cultivate a sensitive, faster, and more effective feel for the water.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Dryland and strength building exercises to develop arm position and upper body musculature.<\/p>\n
Sheila Taormina\u2019s\u00a0Swim Speed Secrets\u00a0blows up the old myths that have held swimmers back. Her best-selling Swim Speed Series\u2015including\u00a0Swim Speed Secrets,\u00a0Swim Speed Strokes, and\u00a0Swim Speed Workouts\u2015brings the focus back where it belongs: to a powerful freestyle swim stroke. With Taormina\u2019s method, triathletes and swimmers can stop swimming for survival and break through to new levels of swimming speed and confidence in the water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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